The most STUNNING streams are in IDAHO - INTRO to 3 weeks of camping/fishing - part 20

I left Colorado and made the 20 hour drive to Idaho where I plan to spend the next 3 weeks exploring in part 20 of the 2-month truck bed camping road trip. After two days of driving, I finally arrive to the area I planned to spend the next week camping and fishing but see a sign warning of a forest fire in the area I was headed. The first couple days had me second guessing my decision to leave Colorado. It was definitely an adventure I'll never forget. But on the plus side I think I MIGHT have caught some redband trout which I hadn't planned on targeting.
I'm living in my truck bed camper for 2 months and road tripping through New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming. See the entire series on my channel or other parts below....
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[@bmceowen2]

welcome to ID! yeah those fires were a pain this year, but glad you got to see the beauty that has caught my and so many other's attention. Thanks again for bringing us along on this trip!

[@LooknFishy]

Such a special place. So looking forward to spending more time out there! Happy to do it!

[@CA-qv2ux]

Yes, we were burning up this year.. hot hot, and lots of fires,, Water is real low right now, glad you got to make it up here, hopefully you didn't have to contend with a lot of people... been a lot more lately. Take care and thanks!

[@LooknFishy]

I didn't see many but everyone I ran into was super helpful. Got a few streams gifted to me including one that has become one of my all time favorites. Can't wait to come back!

[@johnfahey7215]

This is vicarious exploring for this old retired fisher. Thanks 😀👍

[@dankochanek8056]

This is my favorite KZbin adventure. Thanks for posting !!

[@LooknFishy]

It was definitely a good time...even with a few speed bumps!

[@davidperkins8722]

Check in to artillery dome road! It's by warm lake.

[@andrewcannestra]

That was definitely a redband trout around 10:20 - I catch them whenever visiting family in Oregon, so know the patterns well. Such a gorgeous, hard-fighting fish. Great video as always!

[@LooknFishy]

Crazy I didn't recognize it at first. I had read a book from Chris Hunt and he mentions them but I didn't do any research on them until I was editing the video and what I thought was a small parred up bow didn't look right. Was cool to catch a few even if I wasn't aware lol!

[@Dinoxt12]

Wonder if he's headed to the Madison River or Bitteroot River, MT...he's not to far away . Guy does not like heat for sure...lol.

[@TorresD92]

Beautiful scenery. Everything looks green out there.

[@LooknFishy]

Can't even begin to imagine how it would look under normal conditions!

[@jimgollach6202]

I'm like you drew, I don't get along with heat very well, that's why I don't fish much in the summer. I'm glad to see you still had a good time. The countryside looked nice. Better luck with the fish next time. Until next time. 👍👍

[@LooknFishy]

It was incredibly beautiful and despite a few less than ideal moments, was pretty special!

[@bblake208]

WELCOME TO MY HOME. SHE IS NOT USUALLY SO HOT AND SMOKY. THIS YEAR WAS SOMETHING ELSE. HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IS BETTER AND GETS BACK TO NORMAL. IM ON THE EAST SIDE, AND REALLY WANT TO GET BETTER AT FLY FISHING NEXT YEAR.

[@jimpyle560]

Just happy to be along on trip. Nice to see the trials and tribulations. Idaho does look green.

[@LooknFishy]

Definitely sharing this as it happens. Was like fishing in a rain forest!

[@ibookje]

Okay fishing wasn't smoking hot this time. Be thankful for where you are is just about the best what describes this all

[@LooknFishy]

Gotta have some struggle when u go for 8 weeks. It was hot if I knew I was catching redbands...thought they were baby bows lol!

[@christopherrice8432]

Love the vids, man. Glad you enjoyed yourself in our great state!

[@LooknFishy]

No doubt!

[@daveclark1904]

Yep! We were up in Emmett ID mid July for our daughters wedding and it was so freakin hot and smoky! We did drive up into the mountains and found a couple little streams that were holding 4-6 inch bows like you found. Not the worst, but not the best so we just drank beers!

[@LooknFishy]

Definitely not a bad place to drive and just enjoy the scenery. I'm looking forward to a return...but it gets really good real soon!

[@robertnielsen2461]

Graduated from Emmett.There are ample streams,many have an abundance trout,that run six to eight inches,mostly because over population,but there are some that are amazing fisheries.Of course Silver creek has been well published ,fortunately there are others not so well known all named notellem by the locals.

[@opusthe2nd]

Yeah man, welcome to my MT summer. Just started fishing a few weeks ago and I still see flames.

[@LooknFishy]

Dang still huh! What a crazy summer.

[@scottnock5241]

Can’t win em all, more like most of my trips more scouting than good spots. You will get on it. That Colorado was killer for you..

[@LooknFishy]

Nope, 1st trips are humbling...but it gets good real fast! Then bad humbling again lol!

[@Krakenflyfishing]

I fished Idaho too early this year...it rained a lot and snow melt had the rivers up and muddy. It’s a beautiful place though and I plan to fish it again next summer.

[@LooknFishy]

I'm planning on visiting again next summer also! Super cool area!

[@13jonnyray]

Other than the kick a$$ fishing I love that you could do whatever you wanted with no set plan. Makes me want to do my own trip.

[@LooknFishy]

That was the best part...no agenda or itenary !

[@pauldonnellan6799]

Take care out there Brother…I got caught up in a fire here in Australia….I near Shit myself…it changes so fast…Great Video Bro ..from Pauly at Wilderness Coast on Fly in Australia 🤓👍🇦🇺

[@LooknFishy]

Dude, that is crazy! Yea, I wasn't going to chance messing around near a forest fire. Freaked myself out a few times driving into areas that only had 1 road in/out!

[@GeorgeSemel]

I don't do summer in the West, I generally will go after Labor Day and plan on being back where I live in CT for rifle Deer Season. Mostly for me, it's about crowds and summer prices. Two or three weeks in Peak Season July and Aug are equal to 3 months after labor day expense-wise. 90 days worth of fishing and wandering around is a better deal than 14 to 21 days!

[@LooknFishy]

Yea, I there was definitely some traffic and hotels were stupid...I talk about that some in one of the vids. But I probably only saw 6 people on the water in 20 days! I do want to head out west for a fall trip but I'm not sure I could give up summer dry fly action!

[@GeorgeSemel]

@@LooknFishy I know my road trip car was a VW-Jetta Diesel, I could not go where you go. I am looking for a truck. As for dry fly fishing, I have always gotten plenty of it, and being here in the east, hitting great lakes Steelhead, and salmon on the way back always was just icing on the cake.

[@DrJohn493]

That's gonna be my plan going forward...late August until mid-October.

[@sbrown8307]

Just did the Idaho backcountry discovery route on adventure motorcycles and the smoke was unbearable. Put a real damper on the trip but we caught some great cutthroats on big hoppers.

[@LooknFishy]

Yea it was my first trip to Idaho and while the scenery was fantastic the smoke wasn't fun. The fishing was tho and that more than made up for it! Next part will be up today!

[@DrJohn493]

I avoided Idaho and Montana in August for this very reason, and the extreme heat the region was experiencing too. Had planned to visit both for some fly fishing.

[@coolgroupify]

august is when the restrictions on most rivers were lifted in mt, besides the jefferson which is always hoot owled because of the farm irrigation, missed some good fishing lol

[@LooknFishy]

Yea I was fortunate to get a message from a contact that said I needed to head there sooner than later. So I skipped Wyoming as I had planned to fish it heading to SLC and then ID/MT in Aug.

[@coolgroupify]

@@LooknFishy great vid drew! Really love ur style, of the lack of commentary while fishing just complete zen and pulling fish out of the stream man nothing more nothing less! When you’re in Montana next hit spotted bear a tributary of the flathead in northern Montana close to kalispell amazing cutthroat beautiful scenery and the chance to catch that elusive bully!

[@DrJohn493]

@@LooknFishy BTW, enjolyed the video, I commented before I had a chance to watch the full length at one time.

[@DrJohn493]

@@LooknFishy Spent some time in the Winds then headed to southern Colorado where the fishing and the weather was great. I've come to the conclusion that while there are a few places I want to visit in ID and MT, I could spend the rest of my western trips knocking around Colorado and still not do and see all that I want to experience.

[@covetthecamper2289]

Some gorgeous areas to camp and do some fishing. I have family in Coeur d’Alene and up further north in Bonners. I need to make a trip up. Amazing country.

[@LooknFishy]

I need to get back...3 weeks wasn't enough!

[@carlosbond5062]

Have you ever caught the same fish back to back?

[@joshuafisher1900]

Any general area where this is, or where you went. I head to Idaho once a year to fish new places always open to new ideas

[@sylviawelsh9518]

Reno Nevada we had 23 days in triple digits and many in the upper nineties hottest Summer on record.

[@LooknFishy]

It was definitely a crazy summer out west. Not sure I've ever seen temps above 115 until this summer in Idaho!

[@benbowman1283]

Always hard to handle when conditions put a damper on fishing plans! But the real questions is......what was down in that creek?!?! Great video as always!

[@LooknFishy]

Haha...I've purged the image from my memory!

[@billk8579]

Drew a couple of questions. Polarized Sunglasses are a must for trout fishing. Many I have seen are really expensive. Any recommendations about sunglasses and are they worth the cost. Also, now about fishing licenses in the many states you have visited. Do you buy visitors licenses? I visit South Dakota from time to time and the out of state license there has gotten to be expensive, but I feel they are a necessity and at least it helps the habitat.

[@LooknFishy]

Not sure any are worth the price but I've tried several cheap polarized and never found any that are as good as my costa's (smith probably just as good but haven't tried). The biggest things I look for...not fogging and all day comfort. Nearly all the cheap/affordable ones fog when I use them in the salt redfishing in louisiana. Several became uncomfortable after 5 hrs of wearing. The costa's I have now, I've owned for over 5 yrs and the pair before that the same. I've run 9 marathons, several half marathons and several 5 and 10k's in them and avg 25/30 miles per week running in them also.

[@dannmarceau]

Yes, everyone move to Northern idaho, very welcoming!

[@paulfinger6975]

Did you find the Perdigon was effective in Colorado. I have never fished with them.

[@LooknFishy]

It's was! I go over all the flies in a separate video in here a few weeks back!

[@paulfinger6975]

@@LooknFishy Thanks. I did watch that video. I just have never seen, or used those nymphs. I think your video is fantastic and the trip!!

[@FALCONTAMER_FB]

Way to find the silver lining drew.

[@LooknFishy]

Took a minute to remember I was having the experience of a life time and should be thankful for the opportunity!

[@henryhernandez3131]

Hey Drew you’re doing pretty much what I started doing in 2020 with my 2016 tocoma, really enjoy watching & getting all the info from all the tubers that are sharing it, what part of Idaho are you in? And would like to share some info about keeping your set up dryer as you now know that’s one of the pit falls of truck bed camping.

[@sethwalker9137]

Probably a novice question, but what type of trout is at 10:12? Is that a rainbow? Interesting marks down the side. Great video as always!

[@LooknFishy]

Not at all, I had to research it after I got home, it was a redband. The only research I had done was on blue lines and not fish so I initially thought it was a parred up bow. Kind of cool to catch a few!

[@sethwalker9137]

@@LooknFishy very cool! Thanks for the reply. the main reason I asked was because I caught several of those exact fish in a small remote stream in central CO a few weeks back. I couldn't put my finger on what they were. Thanks again for the insight!

[@sethwalker9137]

strange... i just did some digging on redband rainbows, but it looks like they aren't in CO at all. I'm back to where I began. lol! I will figure it out one day.

[@kainshaffer2651]

Love to see you in Idaho and working through the trials! It's my home state and can be hard at times finding the right spot to fish because there isn't roads everywhere. Redbands are fun they are just a subspecies of Rainbows from the Columbia river drainage system. Can't wait to see your other videos!

[@mikeshiels1]

Drew, great overall concept and videos. For the roads you traveled would a truck camper be ok?

[@LooknFishy]

All but one that said, road not suitable for trucks with campers over the cab or towing trailers.

[@andrewnelson3338]

Wow. You literally showed up they day that area Caught fire! Bad luck man. Those are my home waters.

[@LooknFishy]

I thought it was bad luck too and then I was glad it started before I got there...b/c that might have sucked more lol! Hope to get back and see that area again really had a great time despite a few crazy moments!

[@andrewnelson3338]

North Idaho can be tricky. This July was not normal. Hope you get a chance to come back some time. It is truly epic most June-July.

[@LooknFishy]

I will for sure...might just stay all summer next year!

[@thomastero4662]

How were the water temps?

[@LooknFishy]

Good...I stayed hi in the mountains. Didn't fish any of the bigger streams.

[@thelordmcd2872]

Panhandle?

[@shawngatlos4166]

Hey drew! Another amazing video but i expect nothing less from you. I was just curious on what type of camera you use while you're on the water fishing?

[@LooknFishy]

I use a gopro hero 8. Been really happy with...love that I don't need the housing which helps the audio tremendously and the video a bunch!

[@swoopdog54]

Sure is beautiful, if even on fire.

[@LooknFishy]

One of the prettiest places I have seen!

[@augustonthefly]

Yeah I NEVER take word of mouth on fishing spots, 99% of people (even anglers) have no idea. Dropping the line is the only way to know for sure.

[@LooknFishy]

The only way to know it to go!

[@craigstockton3103]

This small stream fishing is way easier and productive using Tenkara.

[@samoistina9507]

5:00

[@Paulpoission]

Someone hook Drew up with a new net

[@LooknFishy]

Haha...but will it have the same mojo!